† Crap sb.2. World English Historical Dictionary

† Crap sb.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. † Crap sb.2

Obs. [a. Du. krap, MDu. crappe, whence also Ger. and Sw. krapp, Da. krap, F. crappe (1513 from Lille in Godef.).] Madder; esp. the commercial product obtained by grinding the inner part of the root.

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1721.  C. King, Brit. Merch., I. 185. Crap Madder from 1676 to 1679, 46 s. a 64 s. per Ct. wt.

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1762.  trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., V. 626. In some tracts [are cultivated] the herbs for dying, as crap, woad, and clary.

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1812.  J. Smyth, Pract. Customs, 133. The finest sort [of madder], which is of a bright reddish colour, is called Crop.

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